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CVE-2010-4168

Published: Nov 17, 2010Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-416
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
3.7%
Top 11.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Multiple use-after-free vulnerabilities in OpenTTD 1.0.x before 1.0.5 allow (1) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and daemon crash) by abruptly disconnecting during transmission of the map from the server, related to network/network_server.cpp; (2) remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and daemon crash) by abruptly disconnecting, related to network/network_server.cpp; and (3) remote servers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and application crash) by forcing a disconnection during the join process, related to network/network.cpp.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected Products

n/an/a
openttdopenttd
On-prem
Consumer Software / gaming
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
openttdoss-projectConsumer Softwareaka openttd, openttd
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/42578
secunia.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2985
vupen.com
http://security.openttd.org/en/CVE-2010-4168
security.openttd.org
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Timeline

Published
Nov 17, 2010
Last Updated
Apr 29, 2026

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